Honoring loyalty, leadership, and legacy at UMass Law
Donors to UMass Law are acknowledged in the 1981 Society, named for the year our predecessor institution, Southern New England School of Law, was created. Your support secures UMass Law’s place as a premier institution of learning and strengthens its ability to provide an excellent, affordable, and accessible legal education. Your generosity ensures that students who come to UMass Law in pursuit of their academic goals are able to achieve them.
We honor three foundational pillars of philanthropy within the 1981 Society: Loyalty Circle, Dean’s Leadership Circle, and Legacy Circle. The benefits of each circle are designed to give you exclusive access
to the people, events, and programs that define UMass Law.
Loyalty Circle
The Loyalty Circle recognizes donors who have given an annual gift, at any level, in the most recent three or more consecutive years.
Benefits:
- Recognition at special events
- Selection of campus photographs of UMass Law and UMass Dartmouth campuses for download for use as backgrounds on electronic devices
Dean’s Leadership Circle
Individuals who demonstrate a commitment to UMass Law through annual support of $1,000 or more are welcomed into the Dean's Leadership Circle.
Benefits:
- Invitation to an annual signature event with the Dean of UMass Law and the Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth-Recognition at special events
- Selection of campus photographs of UMass Law and UMass Dartmouth campuses for download for use as backgrounds on electronic devices
- Giving concierge hotline to connect directly to a staff member who can assist with UMass Law inquiries.
Legacy Circle
The Legacy Circle consists of donors whose gifts will benefit UMass Law in the future, through estate gifts, beneficiary designations, and gifts that pay income to the donor.
Benefits:
- Annual planned giving newsletter
- Recognition at special events
- Selection of campus photographs for download for use as backgrounds on electronic devices
- Invitation to an annual signature event with the Dean of UMass Law and the Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth